ads about improving education and that is because we're not training enough people in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. what we have to do is dramatically ramp up the number of kids that we are producing who are in those fields and are capable and competent in those fields. until we do that, we're not going to be competitive and more companies, high tech companies in particular, where they can export, will do that because it will be cheaper and more efficient. >> i totally agree. you have to remove the excuse. joel stein, sum up for me what the priorities should be for president obama. he has his second term, doesn't need to worry about being re-elected. he can be bold if he wants to be. everyone talks about jobs, jobs, jobs but charles may have hit the nail on the head there. it is probably about education and training for america above almost anything else. >> i was waiting for obama to ask me what he needs to do the next four years. i think what he needs to deal with is our long-term problems because he doesn't need to be re-elected. that's education and that's i